Fur pointing machine



Jan. 22, 1935. N. DICKER 1,988,682

FUR POINTING MACHINE Filed Aug. 17, 1951 SSheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR /V/C//0L A 6 D/C/(E J72 BY 2 2 A ATTORNEY Jan. 22, 1935.

Filed Aug. 17, 1931 N. DICKER 1,988,682

FUR POINTING MACHINE 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR IV/CIIOLAS DIG/(ER BY 2 2 a d ATTORNEY Jan. 22, 1935.

N. DICKER 1,988,682

FUR POINTING MACHINE Filed Aug. 17, 1931 s Sheets-Sheet s F Jgj 4 Nicholas- Dicker, New-Yoik, N.

she-emamention-mas to a in in: machine for the ornamentationof f-ur.

- It is a customary practice in thefmprocessing ext to point'or glue: light colored hair'sm La 45 fur skin. The said pointing has=sbeen done mammllyviora long number of years. My fur pointing machine does away with the.;manual labor and periorms'this kind of workautomatisally-by machine. 7

An object of my inventiomlwhich is theresult of several years o.=.experimental investigation cf the subject is toirender automatic "the feed-- ing, 'pic'king, (conveying. and-gluingof hair of a badger at successive spots'on a fur-skin.

Another obiectlof my invention is totprovide automatically controlled air blowing means to cause a tegulated blast dito he directed onto the fur-skin for separating itherhairzand torming aclear exposed spot on the-"fureskin,

and to provide automatically ,.operating mechanism to! picking one or more hair's, cutting saidrh-airto a desired length, gluing oneend of said'piece and pointing or setting said'glued-end downward insuccessive spots as selected bythe' operator.

Another object of my invention resides in the particular arrangement and structuralfeatmes of the cooperating mechanism. s

with the-above and other objects mice the invention will he hereinafter more particularly descrihedand combination'and arrangement of parts will tie-showninthe accompanying 1 which drawings and pointed out in the claims Iormxpart of this specification, it being understood that the embodiment herewith shown :is

merely illustrative and that various changes in the form, proportion, size and minor-details of construction 'ivithin the scope "of the claims maybe resorted to :without departing strom the spirit .of the invention. 1 Reference wiilnow 'be to the drawings,

whereinflike n'u-merals ofreference designate corresponding parts views, inwhich: I 1

'tl iroug hout the several Fig. 1- is a side elevation of my fur-pointing machine; v Fig. '2 is a perspectiveelevation i'ng end-of the machine;

oi the operat- 3 isa' p rspective side elevationofjthe interior of the machine; 1

- Fig.4 is'a section of the hair'ieedin'g-magazine taken'as oniine 4- 4:in Figl u device toward the lpicking device i Fig. 6 is a. view of mechanism inEigi fi ##8## '17; 1931; Serial No. 5513 g Y Ch m (CL-$149524) o guiding :tlreeonveying device toward the point- Fig. 7' shows a fragmentary-plan NRWOfYfihe shear-mechanism.

1 is apian view of meansw FizureQisagimttom viewof the pointing Figure 10 is a section taken-throughthespointing' rod and rippi g device asrseen from the 150 front of flielmachinein Fig. 2. a I l,

Figure ill-ids arear .l'elevation of the ratchet wheel iand'pawlmechanism shown in @erspectivleinFigure i; u v I we y o Figure 12' is. ia'icmss-sectional view ci the shearsrthe section being taken as on 12-42, inFig ure-:7. ,I -Y.,

Figure J48 is an enlarged top view of the picking device when elevated position as seen in the conveyor gripp g5 Fig.2, includingair motion means, but without.

frameifiii, fastened to the bese-plate- 153, land 86 springvmeans (not. shown) which iorces the valve stem againstihe'air port and keeps the valve normally closed. lever 15 mounted on, the valve:,;1 hasmeiend in engagement' w th theirame l ii Q N h EQ-ir naive 1.6, andthe other end positioned near and comes in contactwith the cam 14;, and thesaid leverv is operated by the cam once every revolution of thepowervsha'iii 13 The valve 15 islthus opened once eiiery evolution andiiailsesa blast I c: air to be transmitt d ihrou han nib I17 pointing upon a spot nithed'rum 111.,

' u 1 be pmve 'fb i tin f with hairs from a badgeris laid upon the 11" and assumes t'he contour off'the drum. "-"Ihe ,60 air from the eir pipel causes a jet of air under pres ure to spread apart the hairs on the fur skin 18, and to form a --clear spot '19, exposing a portion of the fubskin, aslbest shown iii-Figure 2011i this position of theqfur-skin; M

my pointing machine 10 causes one or more hairs of a badger fur to be glued on the cleared spot 19, by means of mechanism to be described.

As just mentioned, the drum 11,, is mounted for rotary and sliding motion on the shaft 12, and when one or more hairs have been glued on the clear spot 19, the operator may either rotate or slide the drum 11, on the shaft 12, and thus shift the fur-skin so that another portion thereof is exposed, to the action of the. jet of air. :The ijetiio'fiair spreads apart .thefhairs on the said portion of the fur-skin and the operator causes the said mechanism to glue one or,

more hairs of a badger on the last mentioned portion of the fur-skin. In thisWayftheoperator repeatedly shifts the fur-skin aandcauses one or more hairs to be glued at of positions on the fur-skinfi My pointing machine 10 comprises:;;a feeding magazine 20 for the supply of loose hairs, a picking .device 21, shears 22, a conveying'device 23, a pointing rod 24, and a gluing device 25', cooperatively.associatedr. Y r The feeding magazine 20=,-i-:comprises: a U-shapedmember .26, open at the top: and having a spring pressed sliding plate 27, and-.cross barsa28, 29-. (see Fig. :-.2-),-1.-facing :the operating end 31, of the pointing machine 10. .A quantity .of .hairs 32,: from. a' badger. may .thus be placed in an upright positioninthe U-shaped member 26 and pressed lightly toward theop' erating end 31 by meansof thefispringz33. A threaded member. 34. :(see: Fig.4) serves to regulate the tension of the spring 33z-ag'ainst the plate 271-and against the-hairs 32'. best shown i in;. Figure .4, the 1U.-shapedmember 26 is housed in a frame 35 which is adapted, to reciprocate horizontally between. side: walls '36, 36, positioned :at theoperating. end of the fur any, u ber pointing machine :10; i This horizontal. rfecoprothemeaf of-nthe IrameAZz Theroperatorimay press down thexfootvpaddlez 39, and thus lower the-hair .feedingimagazinez 20, .or' he may. raise his .foot and permit the" spring-151,.to raise the foot paddle 39, and the hair feeding magazine 20. The vertical-[adjustment may also-be accomplish'edby hand.

- AS:Sh0Wi1 in?-Figure'2} the hair picking device 21 isinteg'ralwith a cylindri'cal arm 44-, attached to 'a'f-horizontar shaft 45, and swung around thereby; and can swingjjupwardly" to m et th a jf s fslf ma azine I2 an S an also swing downwardlyflto meet the shears 22.

be el. ea f moi tedii n. the a 's? and"i s'adapted t o meshf with' 'a bevel gear 4fZ fixed to tliej' housihgf48ffor theishaft 45.I The bevelf "gears 146,"'47,}impart. a rotary motion to thepicking device 2l ,,about .the arm 44. The picking device21fis thus, adapted to both rotate andswing simultaneously so that-when the shaft 45- rotates ,;and SwingsthepiCking device upwardly to meetthehair-.rnagazine .20, the picking; device faceszthe hairs, 32;: and when the picking device swings downwardly to meet the shears 22, it faces the shears.

As shown in Figure 7, the shears 22 comprises two blades 49 and 50, the blade 49 being positioned on top, and pivoted to blade 50 by means of a pivot pin 51. An arm 52 integral with the shear blade 50 is held in a stationary position fastened to a stationary cam plate 53, shown in Fig. 1. A sliding arm 54, is adapted to reciprocate within amenclosure; 55 integral with. theshe'ar member 5UxThe ariril.54,- is pro- .vided with an angular extension 56, having a :slot 5'7, which is in engagement with a pin 58,

in an angular extension 59, of the shear member "49. Itwillthus be noted that when the sliding arm 54,,is caused to reciprocate, a pivotal or shearing motion is imparted to the shear blade 49, in relationto'the stationary blade 50.

Asbest shown in Fig. 9, the conveying device 23, comprises an elongated bar 60, mounted to slide in a frame 61, and 'in housing 152,-inte'gral with .the cam plate' 53. The bar .60,. .passes through thezhousing l52,.and extends-to the operating end 31. The frame;61 is adapted to swing about a shaft 62, 'at'the-lower'end of which :there is fixedly mounted a crankarm 63. The arm;-.63, is connected to and isadapted to reciprocatewa. connecting rod-64, in engagement with a pin 65, fixed to the saidbar 60. At the free end of the bar 60, best shownv in Fig; 8, there hasbeen provided hair gripping means 66,: consisting' of a stationary. jaw .67, and .a spring pressed pivoted jawq'68, which isswung to an open or closed position by means of a rod 69, afilxed thereto. .The said pivoted jaw-.68, shown in a closed positionin Figure 8, and is held in-said. position by means .of a spring- 70. Intermediatethegripping end .66 of they con-.- veying device: and the pin 65,.there has been provided a pin 71, fixed in rightrangular relation with the. bar 60, and which is adapted to engage witha diagonal slot 72, in' thecam plate- 53, showntin Fig. 5, so as to causethe hair grip ping} vmeans 66,.,on the bar 60, of the conveying device 23, to. communicate with the hair picking device-'21,": when the. said picking :device ..is. in its downward position adjacentthe shearsz22, and to grip the hair from the picking device .21. A longitudinally ,.positioned slot 73 of the same dimensions, as the slot-72 has been provided in thecamplate 53, so as to,.join and form an angle'with the slot 72. ,At the junction of the slotsthere has been provided an. oscillating adaptor.74, having thereina slot-end of 'the same dimensionsas the slots 72 and 73. When the conveying device 23 isto be moved away fromthepickingdevice, the intermediate pin 71 is caused to move. along the, diagonal slot v 72 till it reaches the slot-end. 75in the adaptor 74,, when thesaid jadaptor iscaused to oscillate toward theslot TB-and forma continuation of said slot as shown in Figs 6.- They-pin 71' is then constrained to follow the: slot 73and: to, move along with the conveying. device 23, comprising the bar 60, and the gripping mean's66, toward the front end of the machine whenthe gripping means 66 carries the hairs '32-past a perforatedplate- '76,having a layer of glue thereon from the glue device 25,-and causes the lower ends of the hairs 32- to be covered ,With glue. The gripping means 66. with the glued hairsi32 then continues the longitudinal motion along the slot'73 till the gripping means 66 communicates with a hair grippingdevice 77,.at the lower end ofithepointing rod.24.'-

.a heseoga extension: 121.- which servessthe pu p se; cfope @atinga lever 122 on thepicking device 21, so as .--to: p n the hair gripping iaws cnth rippin -;;;.'.I'. 1 in d vice zfi e mp es; a n- .tainer 78; fastened to the base-plate.,153, joy means-0f. an arm-154. h wn Fi ureand i .cp matath op... The perforated plate.76.:-is P sitioned-in a horizontal planeand-is mounted :for vertical reciprocation by means ofan ,intefastened to the. mainframe;

The; pointing-rod 24 is slidingly mounted in,-a ,pair; of lugs 82,. 82,1 and is adapted for reciprocar tion by'means of a link 83 connectedtc a disk 84, mounted on the main shaft 85.- The hair grip;- pmg device "77 comprises a; stationary jaw-.159, and a spring pressed movable jaw. 160, pivotal-1y mountedaon 'a pin 164, and pressed'againstqthe L59,; 'by. a'ispring 165, the movablejjawbeing ."swnngyto an. open position. by raising an arm 88, slidably housed in a slot 166, in thepointing roda=-24,fi as best shown; in Figure 10.- Lowering the arm 88 causes the said'gripping device jaws Etoclose and grip the hairs32 fromthe hairgripping means-'66, on the conveying device 23.. Shdingly.mounted in a pair of .caps89, 89, is a control arm 90,.having adiustablysecured thereto two 'spacedstoppins 91, "91, Which-serve to .raise' and lower the arm' 88, and thus to open and close the hair gripping device 77. Vertical reciprocating motion is imparted to thecontrol 9G, by means of a crank pin.92, fastened to a crankarm 161, mounted on ashaft. 93, and rotatedby. a gear 94,"?sh0wn in Fig. 3, the said crankarmx92 being in engagement with a sbifur cated extension 95, on the control arm; 90. The controlarmrisalso. provided with -an angularextension 96, andfan integral upright member 162; having a :pawl 97,:attached thereto. The, said pawl .is heldin contact: with the wheel..37,wby a spring. 163, shown in Figure'll-i i'Ifhe up' and down motion. of the control arm 90,'causes the pawl 97 to impart :a rotary motionin one =direc-. ticn to the ratchetwheel 3,7. 7 The main shafted-is. driven from the power shaft 13, shown in Fig. 1, in any suitable mane ner suchras .by means of a chain 98, and has mounted thereon a wormrgear 99.; which meshes with amorm gear 100, mounted to drivefla: shaft 101. As: best shown in Fig. '1', a crank arm-102 isgfastened to theshaft 101', and engages. with a;rack.103,- by means of'a pin 104. The. rack 103,.is in mesh with a gear 105, fastened tothe shaft 45 shown iiniFig. 2,.andwhen. the shaft .101 rotates, the rackl03 :r'eciprocates' and cau'sesthe gear105, the shaft 45, and thehair'picking de-v vice21, to swing up and downzthrough an arc ofabout 180?. f Adjacent the worm gear drive on the shaft is a bevel gear 106, which meshes .Wlth a bevel gear 107, on the shaft 62, and provides the power for operating the bar 60,- and theconveying device 23... 1

Adja'cent the bevel gear drive on 'the shaft .85, arethreecams 108, -109'and 110.. Cam108 open ates in an aperture 111 in .a-slide 112 and causes said slde to reciprocate up :and down in relation to the pointing machine frame 42,- as-shown in Fig.1. The slide 112 is provide'dwith a 'slot'1 13 at "its lower end in which-is a pin'114, forming an-integral part of a lever 115, which ispivoted at116- A'link 117 is connected to the-lever 115, at its upper end; and is connected toan angular lever-118 pivoted at 119 at its lower end; A

linlc120-connectsthe lever 118 to the sliding arm 54 and-completes the s'eriesof levers, causingthe slide 112 to reciprocate the arm 54. At the tree end of the arm 54, there has-been provided-an ,device 21,. and. permitthe gripping; means 66- of .theoonveying device 23 to vgrip the-shearedzhairs :32 fr m the ippin device =21.-'af

-. AS best; .shown: iii-"Figures 13, and

14,-:t he lever 122; is pivotally mountedpn apin 16.7. A trian- :gular recess-16.8... bass-been pr ovidodqat the central portion of the lever 122, the recessbeing designed to receive the end portion 169, of a jaw carrying member 170, pivotally mounted on a screw17l= jaw zl'lzabeing-inte alwith the member-170.-

movable jaw 173,.has beenpivotally mounted on a .pin 174.. z .Acover 175, shown in, Figure "14.,has been provided atthe upper porti'onH-ofthe pieker1=21 1and a'spring 176, ingengagement with the screw 171, .servestto press the {jaw carryingymember. against the lower .f ace of a .frame 17 7.6: LA. pin 1178, issIidably housed in :an aperture intherjaiwiwrand abuts against the jaw- 173, in the, position-shown in Figure 13, .theiaws1-72, and 173,? are -closed. .A leaf; spring 17 9. has been .fastenedto the ;cylindrical arm .44, and extends into-the; frame .177, and engages with a connecting member180, whichenters-into notches in the spring 179,.andin;the lever 122.. It wi1l-thusibe noted that when; the. lever ,122, is. swung tothe left ofthat shown vinFigure 13, that the jaw carrying member 1:70,wil1..be;swung on the-screwi171, and thatwhen the pin178, contacts: :with. the side wall .181; x of. the frame 177, the f'jaw 172, moves a: distance slightly .larger thanthat movedby the.jaw*.173; and that a mi- -nute op eningxappears between said-.jaws.-

-' The cam-A09operate's in an aperture 123 in a slide.l24.';- Atythe lower end of-the slide 124, there shownin Eigifi. .A-raclc 138 has one-end in mesh with'athe gear 137 and is i in mesh. at its other end'with the rotatable adaptor 74, which isprovided at a portion ofits'cireumferencewith gear teeth 1 39. i' Itwillthusibef-seen that the earn 109 causesthe adaptor-174 in the. cam :plate' 53 to oscillate. ""3; 1 1 i As best shownrin '3, .the (:am- 110 operates in an aperture:',zin.aslide 141. .At the lower end of the s1ide141, :there has 'been' provided a laCkrliZ, which meshes withthe :gear 94, mounted. on the shaft: 93. ":..;It willthus ibe' seen that the cam 11!) operates the shaft 93, the crank arm i161, and the Lcrank .pin ,92 and causes the up and-downm'otion of thecontrol arm '90, the integral upright memberulfiiz, and. the :pawl 97. arts. shownin Figure-2, anaangularlever. 148, isi-mounte'd in an :upright position on aipivot 182,-the uppenJeridiof; thelever being. =posi-. tionedunder'5thej bifurcated extension- 95,- of tne'contrclarm: 90, and whenthe ycontro'l arm moves downwardgethe; extension :95, contacts with =th'e..::lever 1 48', and causes its l-owerlend to swingntowards thexconveying device .23, and to g Mounted on the shaft acts a. crank 143, which engages with the angular extension 144," on the bar 80,carrying the perforated plate '76, of the tainer '78 tooverspread-uniformly on the upper surface of the plate.

" Operation of im'ientiort The feeding magazine-20, is. filled with loose hairs 32 from-a badger or other inexpensive fur-bearing animaL- The hairs 32, being inan upright position and pressed lightly in a direction facing the hair picking'device 21, by means of thespring 33.4 3 i l The feeding magazine'20,*has a sidewise'horizontalstep by step 'reciprocating motion imparted to it automatically-by the'ratchet wheel 37, and link 38- (seeFigs. 3 and 11), so that the hairs 32, are not takenfrom the magazine 20, continually from one spot. The feeding magazine 20, is also adjustable vertically by means of the foot paddle"39. The vertical-adjustment serves to regulate the length towhich the hairs 32, shall be cutby the shears22, and is governed by the length of the 'hairs on the particular portion ofthe fur-skin. A piece of fur-skin-18,to' beimproved by pointing is laid upon the rotatable drum 11 (see Figs. .1 and-2), and the power shaft 13,

is set in motion. The .air'pipe17 is connected to an auxiliary air' pipe 149, havingaa. nozzle 150, which is disposed in the direction where the pointer rod24,meets'the fur-"skin 18;v A directed air supply thus impinges upon .a fixed point on thefur-skin.. The air valve ,16,-is timed by the cam '14, to open and start blowing on the fur-skin. andto spread thehairs apartand to form acleared spot'=19, thereon, thus exposing the fur-skin when the pointing rod 24, starts 'on its downward movement. The air valve being -.shut ofiwhen the. strand of hairs 32, reaches the fur-skin and is. glued in position thereon. The fur-skin 18,.v is :shifted by the operator to bring different portions thereof within the influence of the air blasti-from. the

nozzle 150, and to glue strands of hair-32;:- at different portionsof the fur-skin as desired:

The loose badger hairs 32 are of light color and have a black portion at one end. As it is desired to glue thehairs with the black ended portion pointing upwardly from the fur-skin, the hairs are placed in.-. the-hair magazine 20, with the black ends facing downwardly. As best shownin Figure .13; thehair-ipicking device 21 on its upwardswingpicked. one or more hairs from .the hair maga'zine20iiand the lever 122, contacted withv the bar 146. (see Fig. 2) and locked the picking device. The picking device then swingsdownward to meetthe shears 22. The -hairs32 :arethus reversed and. the dark ended-portion faces upwardly. 'In this position, best show'rilinFiguresZ and:8, the rod 69, strikes the arm 5147, and;.looks. the gripping means 66, thus causing the gripping means to grip the .hairs"32; the shears 22 automatically cut the hairs 32 to the proper'length as predetermined by the 'operator. Theextension121, then unlocks. the pickingudevice 211* The conveying device/23, carries the hairs ina curved line while thegpin 71, moves diagonally along the direction of the slot 72 and then longitudinally and 9) then carries the hairs 32 to thepointing rod 24, the lever 148 striking the-rod 69 shown in Fig. 8, and causing the hair gripping means 66 to open. In this position the gripping device 77 (see Figs. 2 and 10), on the pointing rod 24 grips the hairs 32 and the pointing rod sets .thehair on the cleared spot 19 of the fur-skin 18, where the hairs become glued and 'fixed in position on the fur-skin 18, with the black ended portion facing upwardly.

An auxiliary air pipe 149, connected to the air pipe 17, is provided to blow the waste hair away from the shears 22 and away from the operator.

Referring to Figures 13, and 14, it is to be noted that the shaft 45, the arm 44, and the picking device 21 have been made hollow, and that an air tube 163, has been attached at the end .of the shaft 45,- so as to cause a suction to act upon the hairs 32. This suction may be finely regulated so as to pull a definite number of hairs from the hair magazine when the'picking device approaches said magazine.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. A fur pointing machine comprising ahair magazine, shears for cutting hairs to length, a hair picking. device adapted to pick one or more hairs from: said magazine and to place them in operative relationship with said shears, a gluing device, a fur pointing rod, means for conveying the cut hairs from the picking device to i the gluing device and then in operative position with the fur pointingrod, meansfor operating the fur pointing rod to deliver the hair to the fur skin, and air-blast'means for spreading apart the fur and exposing a cleared portion of said fur skin prior to the approach ofthe hair to the skin. h a

.2. A fur pointing machine comprising a hair magazine, shears for cutting hairs to length, a hair picking device adapted to pick one or more hairs .from saidm'agazine, means for transferring said picked hairs in operative relationship with said shears, a gluing device, a fur pointing rod, means forconveying the cut hairs from the picking device to the gluing device and then in operative position with the fur pointingrod, means for operating the fur pointing rod to receive'hair. from the conveying device and'to deliver the hair to the fur skin,.and air blast means for spreading apartthe fur for exposing a selected portion of the fur skin prior to the advance of the gummed hair.

3. In a fur pointing machine of the class described, a hair feeding magazine comprising a hairy containing member open at. the top and adapted for housing hairs in an upright position therein, said hair containing memberhaving an upright opening facing the operating end of the fur'pointing machine for withdrawing said upright hairs in a direction transverse of the length of the hair from said containing member, spaced cross members bridging said opening. and serving to support said upright hairs, means for automatically imparting a step by step reciprocating motionto said hair feeding magazine, and means for manual adjustment of said hair containing memberin avertical direction.

.,4. In a fur pointing machine of theclass described, a hair picking device comprising an arm mounted to swing in a vertical plane about a horizontal shaft, a housing integral with said shaft, a bevel gear on said arm adapted to mesh with a bevel gear on said shaft and causing said picking device to rotate, a rack meshing with a gear on said horizontal shaft for imparting said swinging motion to the shaft and to the picking device, said picking device being rotated and swung simultaneously.

5. The invention as defined in claim 4, wherein the efiectiveness of said picking device is augmented by air suction means acting through apertures in the said arm and shaft.

6. In a fur pointing machine; a hair hopper,

means for removing hair from said hopper, means for longitudinally adjusting the position of theohopper during operation of the machine, and means for trimming the hair'removed by said hair removing means to a predetermined length.

'7. In a fur pointing machine, a hair hopper, means for adjusting said hopper in a direction longitudinal of the hair therein, means for removing hair from the hopper, means for trimming an end of the hair removed by the removing means, and means for grippin'gthe other end of the hair and for further advancing the hair.

NICHOLAS DICKER. 

